Improvement in bale-ties



GJBULL & L. KOCH. Bale-Tie.

0.197,s24. Patented Dec. 4, 1877.

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N. PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON, D (Iv UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

GEORGE BULL AND LOUIS KOCH, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BALE-Tl ES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 197,824, dated December4, 1877} application filed November 3, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that we, GEORGE BULL and LOUIS K0011, residents of the cityof New Orleans, parish of Orleans, and State of Louisiana, have inventeda certain new and useful Improvement in Bale-Ties; and'we do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and correct description ofthe same, referencel being had to the annexed drawing, making a part ofthis specification. p

This invention relates to a new and improved device for rigidlysecuring'the ends of bands employed in baling cotton and other products.

Our device is composed of two metallic pieces, which are connected withone end of a band, in a manner that will cause the opposite end of thesaid band to be firmly griped the moment it has been fairly tightenedaround a bale.

On the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents the two sections of ourdevice. Fig. 2 represents thedevice with one end ofa band attachedthereto, and Fig. 3 a longitudi- 1 nal section of the device withthe twoends of a baleband connected therewith.

As above stated, our invention is composed of two metallic pieces, A B,the first provided with rectangular slots 11 and c c, the former slotseparated from the two latter by a.crossbar, d, the lower edge of whichforms a ridge across the plate, as shown at e. The slots 0 c areseparated by'a longitudinal bar, f, which is straddled by the section B,the latter differing in form from an ordinary staple in this,

I that its central or arched portion is made flat and bent outward to aright angle, or thereabout', from the body of the said section, and thatthe ends a i are bent inward to a suflicient extent to form asubstantial band-seat, as well as to prevent the two sections frombecoming accidentally disconnected.

Each bale is provided with the usual number of bands, the ends of whichare connected by a like number of the above-described de vices, as shownin Fig. 3, so that the greater the strain upon the said bands the moresecurely will they be held.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A bale-tie composed of two sections, A B, the former provided with slotsband 0 c and cross-ridge c, and the latter with an angular bend, asdescribed, and inward-bent ends 6 i, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto signed our names.

GEORGE BULL. LOUIS KOCH.

In presence of- J. O. HUBBELL, J. CONNOR.

